Whiteboard AnimationHow much a whiteboard animation video costs: hire an animator or make it yourself
By Deniffer AlanPublished
TL;DR On 31 October 2026, a 60-second whiteboard animation video cost $5 to $600 to have made on Fiverr (median $35 across 23 gigs), $159 to $500 in Upwork project listings, and $397 to $2,800 or more at studios that publish their prices. A 2-minute video ran from $239 on Upwork to $3,900 at Broadcast2World and $5,950 for BuzzFlick’s top package. Making it yourself costs $10 to $60 in software for either length, plus your own hours for the script, the voice-over and the edit. Hire for one video that represents your business, when you have no script, no voice and no time. Make it yourself when you need many videos, will change them often, or already have the script and the pictures. Every price below was read on the seller’s own page that day.
What a whiteboard video costs to produce
Hired, for a 60-second and a 2-minute video, as each listing or studio price page showed it on 31 October 2026, in US dollars. Every hired option below writes, draws and voices the video for you, unless the row says otherwise.
| Who makes it | 60-second video | 2-minute video | Included | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiverr gigs, first results page (23 offer 60 s, 15 offer 2 min) | $5–$600; median $35 | $5–$1,200; median $50 | Varies by gig: 15 of the 23 cheapest 60-second packages list no script; with script and voice-over both listed, 60 s ran $15–$600 (median $97.50, 16 gigs) | 1–14 days |
| Fiverr, a Top Rated US team (Djyoung, 1,000+ reviews) | $600 | $1,200 | Script, voice-over, music, original design, 2 revisions | 14 days |
| Upwork project listings (6 read) | $159–$500 | $239 and $380 (the two that offer 2 min) | Voice-over in all six; the script in two | 3–12 days |
| 30 Second Productions | $397 ($597 regular) | Not listed | Script, human voice-over, music and effects, 1080p, 3 revision rounds, commercial rights | 7 days |
| Rhett Creative | $1,600–$2,000 | $3,200–$4,000 | Not stated; its FAQ (last updated 2022) prices $800–$1,000 per 30 seconds, × 2 and × 4 | About 2 weeks |
| BuzzFlick (animated video packages, not whiteboard only) | $1,850 (Basic) | $5,950 (Premium, 120 s) | Script, storyboard, voice-over; 2 revisions on Basic, unlimited on Premium | 5 weeks (Basic), 3 weeks (Premium) |
| Broadcast2World (Growth: whiteboard and flat infographic) | From $2,400 | From $3,900 | Custom script and storyboard, human voice-over, music, two revision rounds per stage, source files; 2 min = $2,400 + 2 × $750 per extra 30 s | 2–3 weeks |
| WhiteboardAnimation.com (a studio, not us) | From $2,800 | From $5,600 | $2,800–$35,000 per minute, so × 2 for 2 minutes; script consulting included, a scriptwriter $500 more | 5–6 weeks |
Marketplace prices are the package price the listing shows; checkout can add a service fee and tax. The cheapest gigs do not show what is drawn or whose voice it is, so watch the seller’s portfolio before you order. Studio “from” prices are starting points: Broadcast2World and WhiteboardAnimation.com quote each video.
What making it yourself costs
Making it yourself, the money is small and the same for 60 seconds or 2 minutes: one month of software, or a few credits. What it really costs is your hours.
| How | 60-second video | 2-minute video | The sum | You still do |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoScribe Core, one month | $60 | $60 | Core is the plan with no watermark at all (Lite, $35, watermarks premium images) | Script, voice-over, placing and timing every image |
| Doodly Standard, one month | $49 | $49 | $49 a month, cancelled after | Script, voice-over, placing and timing every image |
| WhiteboardAnimation.ai, credit pack (personal and non-commercial use) | $10 | $10 | One credit draws one picture: 6 pictures at 10 s each for 60 s, 12 for 2 minutes; one 20-credit pack covers either | Script, pictures, voice-over and the edit in your own editor |
| WhiteboardAnimation.ai Pro, one month (business use) | $39 | $39 | Our terms give a commercial licence on Pro only; 200 credits | Script, pictures, voice-over and the edit in your own editor |
Assumptions in these sums: one picture per 10-second beat of the script; you record the voice-over yourself; you already have a video editor; your pictures are your own. None of your hours are counted: multiply them by what an hour of yours is worth and add it. VideoScribe and Doodly prices were read on 30 October 2026; what every tool costs by the month and the year is in the software pricing guide.
| Example | As drawn | Line art |
|---|---|---|
| A simple circuit | 0:47 | 0:07 |
| Marketing funnel | 0:51 | 0:18 |
| The water cycle | 1:03 | 0:21 |
| Lighthouse bay | 1:14 | 0:32 |
How the whole job goes, step by step, is in how to make a whiteboard animation; getting a picture ready is in how to prepare a picture.
Should you hire or make it yourself?
The price gap is wide, but the deciding question is usually who writes the script and whose voice is on it.
Hire when
It is one video that will represent the business for a long time (a homepage, a launch, an ad), and you have no script, no voice and no one to edit. A studio sells the judgement of what to say as much as the drawing. Budget $3,200–$5,950 for 2 minutes from the studios above, or $239–$1,200 from a marketplace seller whose portfolio you have watched.
Make it yourself when
You need many videos (a course, a training library, a weekly channel), you will change them when the product changes, or you already have the script and the pictures. Each change to a hired video is a revision round or a new quote; yours is an edit.
Mix the two
Hire a scriptwriter or a voice actor and do the drawing and edit yourself, or hire one hero video and make the follow-ups yourself in the same style.
| Hired | Made yourself | |
|---|---|---|
| Your time | A brief, then review rounds | Every step: script, pictures, voice-over, timing and edit |
| Wait | 1–14 days for the marketplace gigs above, 2–6 weeks for the studios | As soon as you finish; one drawing here took under 1 minute 42 seconds in our 30 October 2026 run |
| Skills you need | Writing a brief and judging a draft | Script writing, recording a clean voice, basic editing |
| Revisions | Counted: 2–3 rounds in most packages above, extra rounds cost more (one Upwork listing: $20 a round) | Unlimited, but each one is your time |
| Script and voice | Included at 30 Second Productions, BuzzFlick and Broadcast2World; often not in the cheapest gigs | Yours: you write it and record it |
| Rights | Broadcast2World hands over full rights and source files; 30 Second Productions states 100% commercial rights; ask a marketplace seller in writing | Depends on the tool’s licence: ours is commercial on Pro only |
What to check in a quote
Two quotes for the same length can buy very different things. The packages above differ on these points:
- Length and words: most listings price by seconds and cap the words (120–150 words for 60 seconds in the Upwork tiers we read). A longer script is an extra.
- Script: written for you, or you supply it. On Fiverr, 15 of the 23 gigs priced for 60 seconds did not list a script in their cheapest 60-second package.
- Voice: a human voice actor, or not stated. Broadcast2World and 30 Second Productions both say human.
- Revisions: how many rounds, and what one more costs.
- Drawn for you, or library art: the cheapest listings rarely say; look at the portfolio.
- Files and rights: a 1080p MP4 only, or the source files too, and whether you may use it in ads and paid courses.
Where WhiteboardAnimation.ai fits
We make WhiteboardAnimation.ai, so here is what it does and does not do for a whole video.
- It draws your pictures. Upload a finished picture and it draws it by hand on screen, line art first, then colour; you set the length, the hand and the order after it is drawn without spending another credit.
- It does not write, voice or edit. No script, voice-over, music or scenes: you finish the video in your own editor. That is why the DIY rows above say what you still do.
- Free to try: 5 free credits after sign-up, 720p with a watermark. Paid plans and credit packs remove the watermark; transparent and layered export, and the commercial licence, are on Pro. Full details on the pricing page and in the terms.
- From Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: see MCP.
How we gathered the prices
Public prices only
A price is here only if a marketplace listing or the studio’s own page shows it to anyone. Studios that only quote on request are not in the table; guides that give a range without selling the video are not used as prices.
Fiverr and Upwork, one day
On 31 October 2026 we searched “whiteboard animation” on Fiverr (first results page, relevance order, 24 gigs) and on Upwork’s project catalog, and read each gig’s package table in US dollars: the cheapest package that runs at least 60 seconds, and at least 2 minutes.
Our own sums
The 2-minute studio prices are their per-30-second or per-minute price multiplied out, as each row says. The DIY sums count one month of software or one credit pack, and leave out tax, coupons and your hours.
Our own run
The drawing time is from our run of one picture through WhiteboardAnimation.ai on 30 October 2026; the example lengths come from our catalog.
Sources
Each seller’s or tool’s own page, read on the day given (US dollars).
- Fiverr search: whiteboard animation (gig package tables) · read 2026-10-31
- Fiverr: Djyoung, whiteboard explainer animation video · read 2026-10-31
- Upwork project catalog: whiteboard animation · read 2026-10-31
- Upwork project: awesome whiteboard animation video with voiceover · read 2026-10-31
- Upwork project: professional whiteboard animated video with voice over · read 2026-10-31
- 30 Second Productions: whiteboard video packages · read 2026-10-31
- Rhett Creative FAQ (prices and timing) · read 2026-10-31
- BuzzFlick pricing · read 2026-10-31
- Broadcast2World explainer video pricing · read 2026-10-31
- Broadcast2World: whiteboard animation video cost · read 2026-10-31
- WhiteboardAnimation.com pricing grid · read 2026-10-31
- VideoScribe pricing · read 2026-10-30
- Doodly pricing · read 2026-10-30
- WhiteboardAnimation.ai pricing · read 2026-10-31
- WhiteboardAnimation.ai terms: commercial use · read 2026-10-31
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